The Virginia University of Oriental Medicine’s Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine program will provide advanced training for the purpose of deepening an Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine practitioner’s existing knowledge and skills and broadening their competencies in core, specialty and clinical areas – in particular the areas of clinical assessment, diagnosis, and intervention. VUOM’s DAOM program will impart on its graduates a deepened ability to apply major acupuncture and/or Oriental medicine (AOM) related specialties and areas of concentrations.
At this time, the Virginia University of Oriental Medicine’s Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine is not accredited or pre-accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM). Graduates of this program are not considered to have graduated from an ACAOM accredited or pre-accredited program and may not rely on ACAOM accreditation or pre-accreditation for professional licensure or other purposes.
This program is eligible for ACAOM accreditation and the Virginia University of Oriental Medicine is currently in the process of seeking ACAOM pre-accreditation/accreditation for the DAOM program. However, the Virginia University of Oriental Medicine can provide no assurance that pre-accreditation or accreditation will be granted by ACAOM.
Students enrolled in this program are not currently eligible to participate in the Federal grant and loan programs based on ACAOM’s approval.
Program Details
The Objectives of the Master’s Program is to create leading practitioners of Integrative Medicine through student centered educational structures and experiences that will produce the following competencies
The acupuncture field has expanded dramatically over the last 10 years. Graduates have the choice of establishing independent practices or working in collaborative clinics where insurance is often accepted and acupuncturists work side by side with other health care practitioners. Nationwide, many hospitals now offer acupuncture, while more government health care programs are including acupuncture coverage. Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine is increasingly recognized as safe and cost effective in treating many acute and chronic ailments.
Acupuncture degrees can lead to careers in the following areas:
Private practice
Integrative clinics
Hospitals
Researcher
General graduation requirements are as follows:
The Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) is the recognized accrediting agency for programs preparing acupuncture and Oriental medicine practitioners. ACAOM is located at 8941 Aztec Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55347; phone 952/212-2434; fax 952/657-7068; www.acaom.org
ACAOM institutional and programmatic accreditation status and notes may be viewed at http://acaom.org/directory-menu/directory/
The Virginia University of Integrative Medicine (“VUIM”) Professional Doctorate [Doctor of Acupuncture (DAc.) / Doctor of Oriental Medicine (DOM)] program, approved to begin enrolling students, is not yet accredited or pre-accredited by ACAOM. Graduates of this program are not considered to have graduated from an ACAOM-accredited or pre-accredited program and may not rely on ACAOM accreditation or pre-accreditation for professional licensure or other purposes. This program is eligible for ACAOM accreditation, and VUIM is currently in the process of seeking ACAOM pre-accreditation/accreditation for the program. However, VUIM can provide no assurance that pre-accreditation or accreditation will be granted by ACAOM.